Mercy Lewis deposition going to be read & he Witnesses *Step. 32 ), The Deposition of Ann putnam: who testifieth and saith that on 20'th of April 1692 :at evening she saw the Apperishtion of a Minister at which she was greviously affrighted and cried out oh dreadfull: dreadfull here is a minister com:what are Ministers wicthes to: whence com you and What is your name for I will complaine of:you tho you be A minister: if you be a wizzard; and Immediatly I was tortored by him being Racked and all most choaked by him: and he tempted me to write in his book which I Refused with loud out cries and said I would not writ in his book tho he tore me al to peaces but tould him that it was a dreadfull thing: that he which was a Minister that should teach children to feare God should com to perswad poor creatures to give their souls to the divill: oh. 164: Preparation for the Court of Oyer and Terminer (May - August 1692), SWP No. Printed for Nath. The judges also asked Burroughs when he last took communion, which he couldnt remember, and asked how many of his children were baptized, which he answered only the eldest was, and asked if it was true that he refused to let his second wife, Sarah Ruck Hathorne, write to her father without letting him see the letter first, which he denied. Startled, Ruck stated that even the Devil himself didnt know what she said, to which Burroughs replied My God makes known your thoughts unto me.. 8 Facts About George Washington's Death 17, James Duncan Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Susan: Sheldon {& 2 Children did accuse him, The Bewitched were so tortured that Authority 094: Rebecca Nurse Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. One theory is that she saw her parents killed. Witnesses. On April 30, 1692, Capt Jonathan Walcott and Thomas Putnam of Salem Village filed a complaint of witchcraft against George Burroughs, as well as five other people, on behalf of the afflicted girls Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Jr, Susannah Sheldon, and Elizabeth Hubbard. 092: Susannah Martin Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Couple of interesting notes. 25 ), Elizabeth hubord aged about 17 yers saith that the last second day at night: There apeared a little black beard man to me in blackish aparill I asked him his name. 136: Sarah Wilds Executed July 19, 1692, SWP No. Burroughs became disillusioned with the community when they failed to pay his wages, and when his wife died suddenly in 1681, he resorted to borrowing money from community member John Putnam to pay for her funeral. her, that he had made her set her hand to To the Constable of Manchester August 4'th I have Sumoned the above named that thay and Each of them att time and place above written by me *John Ley, (Reverse) A Summons for ). Ann Putman, ( Witchcraft Papers, no. He served as a minister in Portland, Maine, for two years, surviving King Philip's War and joining other refugees in moving farther south for safety. that we haveing ben conversant with severall of the afflected persons as maryWolcott mercy lewes Eliz: Hubburt and we have seen them most dreadfully tomented and we have seen dreadfull marks in their fleesh which they said Mr. Burroughs did make by hurting them: but on 9'th may 1692 : the day of the Examination of Mr. George Burroughs the afforesaid parsons were most dreadfully tormented dureing the time of his Examination as if they would have been torne al to peaces or all their bones putt out of joynt and with such tortors as no tounge can express also severall times sence we have seen the afforesaid afflected parsons most dreadfully tormented and greviously complaining of Mr. Burroughs for hurting them and we beleve that Mr. George Burroughs the prisoner att the bar has severall times af- flected and tormented the afforesaid persons by acts of wicthcraft George Burroughs George Burroughs (1917 . 7a, Mass. <- Return to List of People Involved in the Salem Witch Trials, Categories Colonial America, Salem Witch Trials. Thomas putnam Mercy Lewis's uncle, Thomas Skilling, died from an injury brought on by the Indian attack. The manner of death was deemed to be homicide. Cotton Mather witnessed the event as well. For a puritan minister, the fact that he couldnt remember the last time he took communion and that only some of his children were baptized did not reflect well on him. ), The deposistion of Ann putnam who testifieth and saith that on the 5'th of may 1692 at evening I saw the apperishtion of Mr George Burroughs who greviously tortored me and urged me to writ in his book which I refused then he tould me that his Two first wives would appeare to me presently and tell me a grat many lyes but I should not beleve them:then immediatly appeared to me the forme of Two women in winding sheats and napkins about their heads: att which I was gratly affrighted: and they turned their faces towards Mr. Burroughs and looked very red and angury and tould him that he had been a cruell man to them.and that their blood did crie for vengance against him: and also tould him that they should be cloathed with white Robes in heaven, when he should be cast into hell: and immediatly he vanished away: and as soon as he was gon the Two women turned their faces towards me and looked as pail as a white wall: and tould me that they ware mr Burroughs Two first wives and that he had murthered them: and one tould me that she was his first wife and he stabed hir under the left Arme and put a peace of sealing wax on the wound and she pulled aside the winding sheat and shewed me the place and also tould me that she was in the house Mr parish now lives w'n it was don, and the other tould me that Mr Burrough and that wife which he hath now kiled hir in the vessell as she was coming to se hir friends because they would have one another: and they both charged me that I should tell these things to the Magestraits before Mr Burroughs face and if he did not own them they did not know but that they should appere their: thes morning also Mis Lawson and hir daughter Ann appeared to me whom I knew: and tould me that Mr Burroughs murthered them: this morning also appeared to me another woman in a winding sheat and tould me that she was goodman fullers first wife and Mr Burroughs kiled hir because there was sum differance between hir husband and him: also on the 9'th may dureing the time of his ex- amination he did most greviously torment and afflect Mary Walcott mercy lewes Eliz Hubburd and Abigail williams by pinching prick'g and choaking them He was about 42 years of age. and an Indian that comes with her for the flore is all covered with blod.then the said mary and abigaill looked out of dores & said they saw a greet company of them one a hill & there was three of them lay dead the black woman & the indian & one more that they knew not This stirred the crowd and it is suggested that some of the spectators may have tried to stop the execution. Death . Summary . In 1689, George Burroughs and his family survived another raid, but Mercy Lewis' parents were killed and she began to work as a servant for George Burroughs's family. 10, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA., Boston, MA..), The: Deposition of Simon Willard aged:about forty two years sayth: I being att the house of Mr Robt Lawrance: at falmoth in Casco Bay: in Septemb'r 1689 s'd Mr Lawrance was commending Mr George Borroughs his strength: saying that we none of us could doe what he could doe: for s'd he Mr Borroughs can hold out this gun with one hand Mr. Borroughs being there: sayd I held my hand here behind the lock: and took it up: and held it out. [4] He became the minister of Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1680 (where he would eventually be convicted of witchcraft and hanged). He was bid to look upon sus: sheldon. In January of 1712, the court ordered that 6 of the 50 pounds was to be divided in equal shares among all of Burroughs children: Charles Burroughs, Jeremiah Burroughs, Rebecca Fowle, Hannah Fox, Elizabeth Thomas, and Mary Burroughs. According to the book Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, it is not known exactly who Burroughs father was: He was thought by Farmer at one time to be the son of John Burroughs, of Salem; but at another, of Jeremiah Burroughs of Scituate. Burroughs was carried in a cart with the others, through the streets of Salem to execution. He then moved toWells, Maine, believing it would be safer fromIndianattacks. 172: Petitions to the General Court, with Responses (1696-1725), SWP No. Putnam testified again later on that the spirits of Burroughss wives also came to her on May 5 and told her that Burroughs had murdered them, his first wife said he had stabbed her at the parsonage in Salem Village and the second wife said he killed her in the vessell as she was coming to see her friends because they would have one another.. Burroughs was described in a reading by Frances Hill: "George Burroughs was confident, strong-willed, and decisive, a man of action as well as a preacher, unusually athletic and clever enough to do well in Harvard. Burroughs was born in Suffolk, England in 1652 and migrated to the settlement of Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his mother when he was a child, although some sources say he first lived in Virginia before moving to Roxbury. by me July 1954 . *Thomas putnam He was buried in Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand. On May 9, George Burroughs was examined by magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne; Sarah Churchill was examined the same day. Simon Willard ownd: to the Jury of Inquest, that the above written evidence is the truth, ( Essex County Court Archives, Salem - Witchcraft, vol. Salem Witch Trials: Cotton Mather - University of Virginia Many of the things you point out verify what was passed down in family history. peter prescott Yet other sources identify his father as Nathaniel Burroughs, a merchant in Maryland and Massachusetts and state that his grandfather was a prominent minister in England. I suppose a dozen of them. Ann Putnam, junior {he brought the Book & [?] Other witnesses testified that Burroughs was secretive and had tried to censor what his previous wives told others about his behavior. Nevertheless, Burroughss trial reached its end shortly after and he was promptly found guilty and sentenced to hang later that month. He left in 1683, moving back to Falmouth. At his execution, he quoted the Lords Prayer which a witch should not have been able to do. On August 19, 1692, George Burroughs plunged to his death and was buried in a shallow grave. 133: Samuel Wardwell Executed, September 22, 1692, SWP No. Mercy Lewis was one of the afflicted girls of the Salem Witch Trials and a servant in Thomas Putnam's home.. Lewis, the daughter of Phillip Lewis, was born in Falmouth, Maine in 1675. #[Robert Morrell] During the trip, Burroughs wandered off and Ruck and his sister began talking as they walked home. Family history states that we are related to John Burroughs from northern VA. 2, Charles William Sever, 1881.Hoyt, David Webster. SALEM WITCH TRIALS CHRONOLOGY - Salem Witch Museum From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. In September, 1681, Mr. Burroughs wife died, and he had to run in debt for her funeral expenses. Jurat in Curia, ( Essex Institute Collection, no. His beloved wife of nearly 60 years, Joyce (nee Magnan), was at his side, as were his adored children and grandchildren: Heather (Rich) Davies son James (Rachael); Jennifer (Peter Balka) and sons . I am a member of Colonial Clergy, Flagon and Trencher, Associated Daughters of Early American Witches and the Descendants of Brian Boru though Georges ancestors. It was an odd trait indeed for a man in a profession that required many quiet hours dedicated to studying that Bible, preparing and giving sermons, and tending to the spiritual needs of his flock.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Burroughs. But the government requiring some account of his trial to be inserted in this book, it becomes me with all obedience to submit unto the order. The Lord in mercy fit us for death and direct the hearts and hands to act and doe what is most needful in such a time of distress as this. marce luis uppon har oath did owne this har testimony to be the truth be fore the Juriors for In quest:agust:3: 92. we whose names are under writen being present hard mircy lewes declare what is above writen what she said she saw and hard from the Apperishtion of Mr George Burroughs and also beheld hir tortors which we cannot express for sume times we ware redy to fear that every joynt of hir body was redy to be displaced: also we perceived hir hellish temtations by hir loud out cries mr.Burroughs .
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